Port of Whitman Business Air Center qualifies for additional grant funding

Port of Whitman Business Air Center is one of three Whitman County airports to receive grant funding for impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

COLFAX–On Wednesday, April 15, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers announced more than $65 million in grant funding from the Federal Aviation Administration for eastern Washington airports that are being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Port of Whitman Business Air Center has $20,000 available from this grant. Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport with $18,059,137 and Rosalia Municipal Airport with $1,000 were also included in grant opportunities.

"We had just finished applying for a $150,000 grant," said Port Properties and Development Director Debbie Snell. "Usually, how things go is t...